The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 8, 2054
Waxing Crescent
9.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 AM
11:27 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 2.6 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1626
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,000 km.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jun 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.9° / 94.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 36m / 18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 112.75° / -3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.07° / 4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.38° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.